One of the coolest parts of studying is working with and around other students. By no means am I an expert on my subject area, but I am starting to be quite familiar with the concepts, papers, people and methods that are central to my work. Today I spent most of the morning discussing ideas and troubleshooting another student's experimental set-up and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to explore about a different field. While there was some overlap between this student's project and research I've done in the past I walked away having genuinely learn something new. Also, revisiting some ideas from my past that I hadn't given much thought to over the past couple years illustrated how my understanding of general principles has changed (I hope improved) over time.
Later in the day I focused on the programming from yesterday. I finished the day discussing with my supervisor, for an hour, a grant application that is in the early stages of development.
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